Godly Insights for the 21st Century Life

I went to see the movie God's Not Dead  this past weekend, and helped to propel it to fourth place at the weekend box office, earning $9.2 million total in only 780 theaters. This total ranks seventh in all time openings for faith-based films, and first for those that opened in less than 1,000 theaters. This record-breaking opening weekend happened because of one very important reason: it is an amazing movie. The sold-out crowd at the showing I went to was clapping, cheering, laughing and singing throughout the almost two hour running time. One of the reasons is because the main character, Josh, is a stunning example of being willing to stick with doing what God calls you to do even when no one understands. The main story begins with Josh entering his Philosophy 150 class, taught by Professor Radisson. To easily avoid the debate posed by the religion section of the course, Professor Radisson instructs the students to hand in a signed paper with the words "God is dead," ...

I went to see the movie Son of God  this afternoon, and I enjoyed it. It was intense and powerful, but that was to be expected considering the content. I would highly recommend this to all my friends who are into movies because it is very well done. Here are some of the things I enjoyed about it. Characters: This movie helped the viewer get to know everyone who was central to the story. The disciples were shown to be human men full of doubts, but wanting desperately to believe in Jesus and follow him. Mary was portrayed as a loving mother willing to do anything for her son. The movie even developed the characters of the villains, Caiaphas and Pilate. Both men were characterized as power hungry servants of the Roman Empire, though Caiaphas pretends otherwise. The character of Nicodemus was also well developed showing his transformation from power hungry Pharisee to truth hungry follower. Additionally, John provides narration for the story, showing his reflections on being one of t...